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| | TrouserPress.com :: Thompson Twins |
 | | Once an obscure, loose collection of as many as seven Sheffield-to-London players led by singer/synthesist/songwriter Tom Bailey, the Twins wisely pared down to the efficient trio of Bailey, New Zealander Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway and became one of the world's leading purveyors of occasionally adventurous, invariably danceable modern chart fare. |
 | | In April 1986, at the end of a six-month world tour, Leeway left the band, reportedly to go solo, although the only evidence that he followed through on that plan was one song he did for the 1989 film Slaves of New York. |
 | | Bailey and Currie carried on without him, releasing the modest and, for the most part, likable Close to the Bone, produced by Rupert Hine. |
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